bollywood actor Sagarika Ghatge and cricketer Zaheer Khan We have been married for eight years and we are doing very well. Recently, the couple sat down with another cricketer-actor couple, Harbhajan Singh and Geeta Basra, and spoke candidly about their marriage, how Zaheer He was warned not to date Sagarika if he was not serious, and how the two continue to respect each other’s religions, which forms the basis of their relationship.
Talking about Zaheer on Who’s The Boss? YouTube channel, Geeta said: “10 or 15 years ago, when I knew him, he was single.” Sagarika jokingly asked him if he was having affairs and added, “Bachelor or idhar-Udhar.” Geeta continued, “I don’t know that, but at that time, he used to ask me that if you find a good girl, please let me know. He was ready to get married at that time. He wanted someone to come into his life and settle down.”
Sagarika vowed never to marry a cricketer
Zaheer recalls that he knew Sagarika for a long time before they started dating. He said: “I had known her for a long time, but not personally, we had a lot of mutual friends. But whenever her name came up, they always gave me a red flag, that if you are going in this direction then you have to be serious. All her friends used to tell me that.”
Sagarika shared why Zaheer was initially hesitant to ask her out. She said: “When we went to dinner together, I always had my best friends with me, two boys, bodyguards. He asked me out, but told me it was a proper date without these two friends.” Zaheer later admitted that he proposed to her in Goa between the IPL season.
Sagarika also admitted that she initially did not want to marry a cricketer, but her perspective changed after meeting Zaheer. She said: “I was very clear. I don’t want to marry a cricketer or an actor.”
When asked why cricketers often marry actresses, Zaheer replied, “Even if Sagarika wasn’t an actress or something else, it wouldn’t have mattered. We cricketers never see it that way.”
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Zaheer and Sagarika on their interfaith marriage
Harbhajan Singh praised Zaheer and also spoke about the couple’s mutual respect for each other’s religions. He shared how Zaheer is the first person to light the lamp during the Ganpati festival. Talking about the same, Zaheer said, “My parents have taught me to respect all religions. You should do what makes you happy and not worry about what people say. If she respects something, I also need to have that respect because we are married.”
Zaheer also spoke about the time he met Sagarika’s parents and formally asked for her hand in marriage. Sagarika said: “My parents are very progressive but traditional, and protocols have to be followed,” she said. Zaheer added, “I had to officially go to meet her father. She had scared me, but the meeting was very relaxed. We planned to meet for half an hour, but ended up talking for two hours.”
Adding to this, Sagarika said, “I grew up doing Diwali Pooja, Gudi Padwa Pooja, because I saw my mother doing it, so I kept doing it. He has the utmost respect for it, in fact, he is a part of it even more than me.”
Sagarika is best known for playing Preeti Sabharwal in Chak De, starring Shah Rukh Khan. India. Returns to cinema after a breakup with Lalat.